Advanced Client Network Access Account

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  • The Advanced Client Network Access Account is a domain-level account that you can create for Advanced Clients. The Advanced Client uses this account when an advertised program needs to access a distribution point or a share on a server other than the distribution point. Consequently, this account must have the appropriate permissions on the share that the advertised program accesses. After the SMS client has tried using its computer account and the logged on user account to connect to the distribution point, the client attempts to connect using the Advanced Client Network Access Account.

You must create the Advanced Client Network Access account manually. Because this account is used to gain access to network resources required by the programs that are part of a package, you must:

  • Create the account as a domain user account.

  • Give the account the rights needed to access the required network resources.

You can specify the Advanced Client Network Access account by navigating from the SMS Administrator console tree to Site Settings, pointing to Component Configuration, and then clicking Software Distribution. Then, for programs that require this account, configure the program by selecting its Properties dialog box, clicking the Environment tab, and then clicking Use Software Installation Account.

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